Insert used in packing and shipping men&#39;s suits



Jan. 7, 1964 J. w. WORLEY` 3,116,859

INSERT USED IN PACKING AND SHIPPING MENS SUITS Filed Deo. 28, 1961 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVEN TOR.

Jan. 7, 1964 J. w woRLEY 3,116,859

INSERT USED IN PACKING AND SHIPPINGVMENS SUITS Filed Dec. 28, 1961 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ,L2/f lm 1NVENT0R r/c/f h( hfo/ufy BY M #KW United States Patent O 3,116,859 INSERT USED EN 'PACKENG AND SHIPPING MENS SUITS .lack W. Worley, Bremen, Ga., assigner to Warren Sewell Clothing Company, Bremen, Ga., a corporation of Georgia Filed Dec. 28, 1961, Ser. No. 162,770 3 Claims. (Cl. 223-71) This invention relates generally to an insert for use in packing and shipping mens suits and more particularly is directed to an insert which is disposed between the button panel of a coat and the buttonhole panel thereof in such a manner that the buttons will not imprint the fabric of the overlying buttonhole panel when the coat or the like is disposed in packed condition.

Heretofore, when suits, jackets, vests, or other forms of hard wearing apparel having buttons fastened to one of the panels thereof had been packed in flat position for shipping or storage purposes according to the custom, it was found that the buttons or" one panel would imprint or form an impression on the fabric of the adjacent panel thereof. After an extended period of time during which the coats were in packed condition, it was discovered that the button imprints or impressions formed therein had become semi-permanent and were very diliicult to remove even after prolonged ironing or hanging.

The insert of the present invention is therefore an attempt to avoid the button imprints or impressions which result when packing mens suits and the like. Additionally, the insert can be employed to maintain the shape of the suit while in packed condition.

The insert herein proposed is of a size and form to be received within the folds of a coat, vest or the like. A sheet of flat, fairly exiole material, it aids in maintaining the shape of the article of clothing with which it is employed. Furthermore, a flap is formed therein which is folded so as to overlie the buttons sewn to one panel of the article. The insert, therefore, serves to prevent the buttons of the coat with which it is employed from imprinting or forming an impression on the fabric of the buttonhole panel which overlies the button panel when in packed condition as for storage or shipping.

Accordingly, it is an object of this invention to provide an improved insert for use in packing and shipping suit coats, vests, and other forms of hard wearing apparel which button down the front side.

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved insert comprising a ilat, semi-rigid blank which is generally fitted to the torso of a coat, said blank having a ilap which, when raised, is enabled to overlie the buttons secured to the button panel of the coat.

Still another object of this invention is the provision of an insert for use in packing and shipping coats and the like which is substantially of rectangular shape and which has a relatively large rectangular-shaped flap member formed therein which is defined by a pair of spaced apart cut lines which extend laterally across the surface of the blank and by a third cut line which is generally perpendicular to said pair of cut lines and which intersects same.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will become more apparent upon the more detailed description of the invention which follows when taken in conjunction lith the drawings in which like numerals refer to like parts throughout.

In the drawings:

FIGURE 1 is a plan View of the improved insert fitted within the interior of a mans suit coat and showing the flap thereof raised to overlie the bottom panel of the 3,116,859 Patented Jan. 7, 1964 coat, with portions of the coat and of the ilap cut away to show parts therebelow;

FIGURE 2 is a cross section view taken along line 2 2 of FIGURE l;

FIGURE 3 is a plan view of the insert removed from the coat, and

FIGURE 4 is a section on line 4 4 of FIGURE 3.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown at 1t) the insert which forms the basis of the present invention. The insert 10 comprises a blank member which may be of cardboard, sheet plastic, or other stiff, semi-rigid material. The blank member is substantially of rectangular shape and is formed with a pair of downwardly diverging edge portions 14 positioned for engagement with the shoulders of the coat or garment 12. Although the edge portions 14 are illustrated as being defined by straight lines, it is to be understood that they might be curved or of any suitable shape so as to conform to the shoulder portion of the particular garment with which the blank member or insert lt is to be employed.

The blank member further includes a apmember 18 formed in the mid-portion thereof. The iiap member 18 is defined by a pair of substantially parallel spaced-apart cut lines or slits as at 2li and 22., and by a third cut line or slit 24 which intersects the cut lines Ztl and 22 and which is substantially perpendicular thereto. It is apparent that the cut lines Ztl and Z2 extend in a lateral direction across the face of the blank member 1li from points at the right hand side of the longitudinal center line and across the same to the other side thereof. rl`he cut line 24 extends in a generally longitudinal direction Well spaced from the center line and joins the other cut lines at its ends. Thus, the flap 18 is uninterrupted and imperforate and extends across the longitudinal center line of the insert 1d.

With reference to FIGURES l and 2, the manner in which the insert 1t) is employed with a coat can be more readily understood. The insert is placed within the conlines of the coat, indicated at 12, in such a manner that the downwardly diverging edge portions 14 substantially engage the shoulders of the coat. The insert I@ rests on the inside back surface of the coat and the flap member 18 is raised so as to receive the button panel of the coat below the ap member and above the remainder of the rectangular shaped member 1i). The flap 1S then is released and allowed to rest over the buttons 3i?, as is clearly seen in FIGURE 2, and the buttonhole panel of the coat is drawn to a position overlying the top of the rectangular shaped member 1d and the ap member 1S.

When a number of coats are placed in position for packaging within a box or otherwise, each coat having the insert 10 mounted therein, it is apparent that the flap member 18 on each of the inserts will prevent the buttons of each coat from forming imprints or impressions on the fabric of buttonhole panels of the same coat or the backs of the adjoining coat.

It is to be understood that various sizes of the insert 1i) would be employed for various sizes of coats which are to be packed and shipped. Also the size and shape of the flap 18 may be varied to accommodate the various sizes and shapes of button panels and the number of buttons sewn thereon. Also, while the invention has been described with respect to mens coats, it is readily applicable to sweaters and vests and other garments which are open at the front side and which have a plurality of buttons sewn thereon, including womens garments.

It might also be desirable to employ the insert described herein in combination with coats and the like while they are suspended from racks either in storage or in the retailers showroom. To this end, a hook might be secured to the uppermost part of the blank member 3 and the edge portions 14 suitably reinforced to bear the weight of the garment. Such a construction would prevent the buttons sewn on the button panel of each coat from forming imprints or impressions on the fabric of the buttonhole panel of t'ne same coat while suspended in relatively confined quarters,

While the form of apparatus described herein constitutes a preferred embodiment of the invention it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to this precise form of apparatus but that various changes may be made therein without departing from the scope or" the invention which is dened in the appended claims.

What is claimed is: i

1. An insert for use in the storage and shipment of coats having front panels carrying buttons and buttonholes respectively, to prevent the transmission of impressions frorn the buttons to the buttonhole panels when subject to compressive forces in a stack or when packed, comprising a sheet of semi-rigid imperforate material shaped for insertion within a coat above the inside of the back and, throughout the major portion thereof, below the folded-over front panels, said sheet having a tiap formed therein extending from points well spaced from the longitudinal center line of the sheet, across the same to a line on the other side thereof, thereby providing within the margins of the ap, an uninterrupted, imperforate, semi-rigid section, dimensioned and positioned to overlie all of the buttons on the button carrying front panel of the coat and to underlie the folded-over buttonhole carrying front panel, to prevent the transmission oi impressions from the buttons on the rst panel to the the fabric of the second panel.

2. An insert for use in the storage and shipment of coats having front panels carrying buttons and buttonholes respectively, to prevent the transmission of impressions from the buttons to the buttonhole panels when subject to compressive forces in a stack or when packed,

comprising a sheet of semi-rigid imperforate material shaped for insertion within a coat above the inside of the back and, throughout the major portion thereof, below the folded-over front panels, said sheet having slits formed therein extending from points weli spaced from the longitudinal center line of the sheet across the same to a longitudinal slit spaced from and disposed on the other side of the center line, thereby providing in the space within the slits an uninterrupted, imperforate ap dimensioned and positioned to overlie all of the buttons on the button carrying front panel of the coat and to underlie the foldedover buttonhole carrying front panel, to prevent the transmission of button impressions from the buttons on the first panel to the fabric of the second panel.

3. The combination with a coat or the like having a back and front button and buttonhole carrying panels adapted to be folded over when packed for storage or shipment, of an insert to prevent the formation of button impressions on the buttonhole panels from compressive forces applied to the coats in a stack or when packed, the insert comprising a sheet of semi-rigid imperforate material within the coat above the inside of the back and, throughout its major portion, below the folded-over front panels, said sheet having slits formed therein extending from points well spaced from the longitudinal center line of the sheet across the same to a longitudinal slit spaced from the disposed on the other side of the center` line, thereby providing in the space within the slits an uninterrupted, imperforate ap dimensioned and positioned to overlie all of the buttons on the button carrying front panel of the coat and to underlie the folded-over buttonhole carrying front panel, to prevent the transmission of button impressions from the buttons on the first panel to the fabric of the second panel.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,021,593 Gilkerson Mar. 26, 1912 2,135,798 Cons Nov. 8, 1938 2,974,837 Boehmer Mar. 14, 1961 FOREIGN PATENTS 24,564 Great Britain Oct. 29, 1914 87,089 Norway Mar. 12, 1956 

1. AN INSERT FOR USE IN THE STORAGE AND SHIPMENT OF COATS HAVING FRONT PANELS CARRYING BUTTONS AND BUTTONHOLES RESPECTIVELY, TO PREVENT THE TRANSMISSION OF IMPRESSIONS FROM THE BUTTONS TO THE BUTTONHOLE PANELS WHEN SUBJECT TO COMPRESSIVE FORCES IN A STACK OR WHEN PACKED, COMPRISING A SHEET OF SEMI-RIGID IMPERFORATE MATERIAL SHAPED FOR INSERTION WITHIN A COAT ABOVE THE INSIDE OF THE BACK AND, THROUGHOUT THE MAJOR PORTION THEREOF, BELOW THE FOLDED-OVER FRONT PANELS, SAID SHEET HAVING A FLAP FORMED THEREIN EXTENDING FROM POINTS WELL SPACED FROM THE LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE OF THE SHEET, ACROSS THE SAME TO A LINE ON THE OTHER SIDE THEREOF, THEREBY PROVIDING WITHIN THE MARGINS OF THE FLAP, AN UNINTERRUPTED, IMPERFORATE, SEMI-RIGID SECTION, DIMENSIONED AND POSITIONED TO OVERLIE ALL OF THE BUTTONS ON THE BUTTON CARRYING FRONT PANEL OF THE COAT AND TO UNDERLIE THE FOLDED-OVER BUTTONHOLE CARRYING FRONT PANEL, TO PREVENT THE TRANSMISSION OF IMPRESSIONS FROM THE BUTTONS ON THE FIRST PANEL TO THE THE FABRIC OF THE SECOND PANEL. 